Does anyone know if the Helio ocean cell phone can be used threw T-Mobile instead of Cricket?

I’m looking into buying a Helio Ocean but seeing as i have a 2 year contract with t-mobile that kinda makes it impossible. So i need to know if there is any possible way to use it as a T-Mobile phone???

Answer by anna d
I believe Cricket is a CDMA company, that means their phones don’t use SIM cards. To use a different provider’s phone with your T-Mobile account, it needs to be a GSM phone – that means it takes a SIM card, and you need to be able to put your T-Mobile SIM in it. It also needs to be unlocked, that is, not locked for use on another provider’s network.

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Has anyone had any experience with this? Do I remove the Sim card from the old phone and insert it into the new one? Do I have to contact T-mobile to make the switch?

Answer by Devin R
I dint have a sim card cause my cell phone was so old but when I bout my new phone I had to buy the plan with it, You actually save money doing that.

Answer by Proud Army Wife
I’m pretty sure T-Mobile has to do it, although I am not entirely sure. I would recomend waiting until your contract is up then just renewing it because you can get a brand new phone for free. Thats what Im doing in a month when my contract is up.

Answer by B H
T-Mobile uses Sim cards.

Just make sure the phone you buy is “Unlocked” and uses Sim Cards. Then you can just slap your sim card into it and away you go.

if T-Mobile doesn’t support the exact model of the phone, you may lose some of the cool features of the phone though, but it will still work.

If the phone you buy is “Locked” it won’t work, and trying to Unlock a phone can be tricky and you can trash the phone trying it. best bet is to buy an unlocked one, its worth the small amount of extra $

Answer by eg_303
Just change the sim card assuming you bought a t-mobile compatible phone.

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